Sylentrix Microservices-Based Architecture

Sylentrix provides a microservices architecture pattern to deploy scalable and high-performing hybrid commerce solutions.

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Why microservices in hybrid commerce?

Sylentrix microservices architecture is used to create hybrid commerce and eCommerce applications as an assembly of separate components, or microservices, connected via APIs. Multiple channels and user interfaces can be built using the same microservices on the back end. Though peculiarities of this architectural approach are of major interest to development teams.

Benefits

It’s easier and often less costly to scale a microservices-based ecommerce application because each service lives through its own life cycle – it’s created, modified, tested and removed (if needed) independently from other services. This is beneficial for growth-oriented companies that are planning to invest and evolve their ecommerce presence gradually.

Ecommerce applications (and hence online sales) are more resilient as malfunctions in a single microservice don’t disrupt the whole application.

The infrastructure cost can be optimized as microservices are cloud-native, and each service can be hosted on a different cloud instance based on its bandwidth requirements.

Development is not restricted by a rigid technology stack of a monolithic ecommerce platform and can use modern techs. This helps deliver beautifully designed and fast ecommerce applications.

Small development teams can work simultaneously to build different services for fast application implementation and market entry.

Migration to a modular ecommerce architecture is investment in installments. You can rebuild and modernize your ecommerce solution step-by-step, by replacing each business function with a microservice. You can start with areas where custom workflow or design can influence customer experience and thus sales the most.

Sylentrix Microservices Core Architecture

User interface layer

Is used to create multiple digital customer touchpoints using the same microservices on the back-end.

Routing layer

Connects HTTPS queries to corresponding microservices.

API gateway creates APIs at any scale.
Service Discovery finds dynamically assigned network locations of microservices instances.
API calls are distributed among microservices.
Caching processes and stores and returns data to upload web pages faster.
Security safeguards microservices from external threats.

Container ecosystem

Stores units of microservices.

Microservices are built around certain business context: data type, responsibility, function.

Data storage layer

Each cluster of microservices manages its own data.

Microservices delivery automation

At Sylentrix, we rely on DevOps practices and test automation.

All microservices are packaged, tested and deployed in the same manner, so unification of the delivery pipeline propels fast progress in the ecommerce application creation.

CI/CD pipeline

Each microservice with its dependencies is tested separately. The use of automated tests during microservices testing is a way to speed up the application deployment.

Testing automation

All microservices are containerized. Docker and Kubernetes help with automated simultaneous deployment in multiple containerized environments. For example, with a one-line command in Kubernetes, Sylentrix can introduce a required update to dozens and hundreds of microservices.

Container orchestration

With Sylentrix, you can employ several cloud vendors to optimize infrastructure cost and minimize the risk of overload of a single resource.

Multi cloud